Joy B. Dawson Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Joy B. Dawson of Rochester, Massachusetts, who passed away on June 15, 2025, at the age of 68, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Joy farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Joy is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Norma Silver and Herbert Silver. She is survived by: her husband Paul Dawson; her children, Liz Brownell (Michael McNally), Matt Brownell (Carly Conelli) and Allie Merfeld (John Merfeld); her grandson Lucas Tebeau; and her siblings, Barry Silver (Barbara Silver) and Carol Rosenthal (Nate Rosenthal).
Visitation was held on Friday, June 20th 2025 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Ernest P. Caggiano & Son Funeral Home (147 Winthrop St, Winthrop, MA 02152). A funeral service was held on Friday, June 20th 2025 at 12:00 PM at the same location.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Joy's memory may be made to CurePSP (psp.org), a nonprofit that funds scientific research into rare neurological diseases.
